Desc: Sigui synthèse, l'invention de la parole et de la mort: Directed by Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch. About the Sigui Dogon festival, which lasts seven years and takes place only every sixty years. The Dogon are an ethnic group living in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa. Through dances they celebrate the invention of speech, the rebirth of the Earth and the death and memory of the Dogon ancestors. Next Sigui Dogon festival will be held in 2027.